After some hesitant glances to showrunner Scott Gimple, Lincoln jumped in, saying: ‘I’m gonna say this now, this is how I want Rick to die.

‘So, we’re going through a desert somewhere and I jump off the bus. In a very heroic act, Rick jumps off, “Coorrrral”. He’s still alive. Maybe it’s the last thing I say.

‘I jump off and I’m like kung-fu kicking, earn my action figure, halfway through I get bit.. Ow! Doesn’t matter, keep going! Anyway, I deal with that, and I’m dying on my own. Just waiting to die. I wait and I patch up and a day passes.